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^°2d Se°ssC| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES {^o"!^^"* 



Daniel L. D, Granger 

I Late a Representative from Rhode Island) 



MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 



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Sixtieth Congress 
Second Session 



HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
February 21, 1909 



SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
February 27, 1909 



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TABLE OF CONTENTvS. 



Page. 

Proceedings in the House 5 

Prayer by Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D 5. 7 

Memorial addresses by — 

Mr. Capron, of Rhode Island _ 9 

Mr. Goulden, of New York 1 1 

Mr. O'Connell, of Massachusetts , i,3 

Mr. Clark, of Missouri i6 

Mr. Slayden, of Texas , '9 

Mr. Harrison, of New York -' -- 

Mr. Edwards, of Georgia -3 

Mr. Washburn, of Massachusetts 26 

Mr. Williams, of Mississippi -8 

Mr. Parsons, of New York 3- 

Mr. Gardner, of Massachusetts 33 

Mr. Peters, of Massachusetts 35 

Mr. Keliher, of Massachusetts 37 

Mr. Ryan, of New York 39 

Mr. Howard, of Georgia 4' 

Mr. Chaney, nf Indiana 44 

Mr. Cockrrm, of New York 4^ 

Proceedings in the Senate 49 

Prayer by Rev. Edward E. Hale 51 

Memorial addresses by — 

Mr. Aldrich, of Rhode Island ,S3 

Mr. Wetmore, of Rhode Island .55 

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:i. DANIEL L D. GF.AI-IGj^F- 



Death of Hon. Daniel L. D. Granger 



Proceedings in the House 

Monday, /■Chriiarv r=i, "joq. 

The House met at 12 o'clock noon. 

The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, I). D., offered the fol- 
lowing prayer: 

Almighty Father, look down, we beseech Thee, upon us with 
compassion and forgive our sins as individuals and as a Nation, 
and inspire in us a greater love and admiration for those things 
which make for righteousness in the soul, that we mav go for- 
ward with the work which Thou hast given us to do with a 
clear vision, pure conscience, and high ideals that at last we may 
merit the "Well done, good and faithful servant." 

We are reminded by the death of one of the Members of this 
House of the uncertainty of life, that in the midst of life there 
is death. Help us, our Heavenly Father, to be prepared for the 
change which will bring us into a larger life. Comfort, we prav 
Thee, the family and friends of the deceased, and guide us all 
to the larger faith in Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 

Mr. Capron. Mr. vSpeaker, I desire to present the following 
resolutions on the death of my colleague [Mr. C'RANGEr]. 

The Speaker. The Clerk will report the resolutions. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

Resolved, Tliat the House has heard witli profound sorrow of tlie dealli 
of Hon. Daniel L. D. Grancer, late a Representative from the State of 
Rhode Island. 

Resolved, That a coinniitlee of 1$ Members of the House be appointed 
by the Speaker to take order superintending the funeral of Mr. GRANr;ER 

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at Providence, R. I., and to attend the same with such Members of the 
Senate as may be appointed by the Senate. 

Resolved, That the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House be, and he is hereliy, 
authorized and directed to take such steps 'as may be necessary to carry 
out these resolutions, and that the necessary expenses in connection therc- 
witli be paid out of the contingent fund of the House. 

Resnival, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate 
and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. 

The Speaker annotinced the following committee: Mr. 
Caproii, of Rhode Island; Jlr. Howard, of Georgia; Mr. 
Boutell, of Illinois; Mr. Underwood, of Alabama; Mr. Hill, 
of Connecticut; Mr. Slayden, of Texas; Mr. Hughes, of New 
Jersey; Mr. Washburn, of Massachusetts; Mr. William^ of 
Mississippi; Mr. Parsons, .of New York; Mr. Sherley, of Ken- 
tucky; Mr. Gaines, of Tennessee; Mr. Ryan, of New York; Mr. 
O'Connell, of Massachusetts, and Mr. Marctis A. Smith, of 
Arizona. 

The Speaker. The question is on the adoption of the reso- 
Ititions. 

The resolutions were unanimotisly agreed to. 

^Ir. Capron. ^Ir. Speaker, I also desire to submit the fol- 
lowing resolution. 

The Speaker. The Clerk will report the resolution. 

The Clerk read as follows : 

Resolvcil, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased 
tlie House do now stand in recess until 1 1 a. m. to-morrow. 

The resolution was agreed to. 

Accordingly (at 5 o'clock and 38 minutes p. m.), the House 
took a recess until 1 1 o'clock a. m. to-morrow. 

TuESD.w, Fehriuiiy 16, I90<?. 
A message from the Senate announced that the Senate had 
passed the following resolutions : 

Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow the announce- 
ment of the death of Hon. D.-\niel h. T). Gr.\nger, late a Representative 
from the State of Rhode Island. 



Proceedings in the House 7 

Resolved, That a committee of seven Senators lie appointed liy the pre- 
siding officer, to join a committee appointed on the part of the House of 
Representatives, to attend the funeral of the deceased at Providence, R. I. 

Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the House 
of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the 
deceased. 

Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the de- 
ceased the Senate do now adjourn. 

And that in compliance with the foregoing resoUitions the 
Vice-President had appointed Mr. Aldrich, Mr. Wetmore, Mr. 
Btirrows, Mr. Money, Mr. Clarke of Arkansas, Mr. Taliaferro, 
and Mr. Taylor members of the committee on the part of the 
Senate. 

SuND.w, I'l-hruayy 21, iqoq. 

The House met at 12 o'clock m., and was called to order I>y 
Mr. vSmith of Iowa, as Speaker pro tempore. 

The following prayer was offered by the Chaplain, Rew Henry 
N. Couden, D. D.: 

Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, in wlioni we live and 
move and have our being; we would pour out the oblations of 
our hearts in gratitude and praise to Thee, the dispenser of 
all good gifts, and hallow Thy name in a faithful and unselfish 
devotion to Thee and our fellow-men, and thus prove ourselves 
worthy of all the gifts Thou hast bestowed upon us. We thank 
Thee for that spirit down deep in the hearts of men which 
recognizes and appreciates the nobility of soul in their fellows, 
which displays itself in a faithful service to the public weal, 
for this special service to-day, sacred to the memorv of men who 
have conspicuously served their country in the Congress of the 
United States, and passed on to their reward. Grant, oh most 
merciful Father, that their example may serve as beacon lights 
to guide us and those who shall come after us to high and noble 
living. Cqmfort the friends, colleagues, and families of the de- 
parted, and help them to look forward with bright anticipations 



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to that largt-r lilt- beyond the grave, where there shall be no 
more parting, and where God shall wipe all tears from all faces, 
and where peace and happiness shall reign forever. In Jesus 
Christ, our Lord. Amen. 

Mr. C.\PROx. Mr. Speaker, I desire to ask unanimous con- 
sent for the present consideration of the resolutions, which I 
send to the Clerk's desk, in regard to the death of my recent 
colleague, Hon. Daniel L. D. Gr.x.xgkk. 

The resolutions were read, as follows: 

Housr risolution ^S2. 

Resolved. That the business of the House he now suspended that oppor- 
tunity may be given for tribute to the memory of the Hon. D.\NIEL L. D. 
Gr.\nger, late a Member of this House from the State of Rhode Island. 

Resolved, That as a particular mark of respect to the memory of the de- 
ceased, and in recognition of his distinguished puliUc career, the House, 
at the conclusion of the exercises of this day, shall stand adjourned. 

Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate. 

Resolved, That the Clerk send a copy of tliese resolutions to the family 
of the deceased. 

Mr. C.M'RON. Mr. Speaker, upon the passage of the resolu- 
tions, in view of the fact that the present Congress is so tiear 
its close and Members can not have an opportunity for a special 
occasion, I will ask unanimous consent that Members desiring 
to do so may have leave to print remarks in the Record on the 
life, character, and public services of Mr. Gk.\.vc;i-:r during the 
remainder of the jjresent session. 

The Spe.akek pro tempore. The gentleman frotn Rhode 
Island asks unanimous consent that Members may have leave 
to print remarks with reference to the life, character, and pub- 
lic services of the late Mr. Gr.wger during the remainder of 
the session. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The Chair 
hears none. 

The question was taken, and the resolutions were unani- 
mously agreed to. /• 



MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 



Address of Mr. Capron, of Rhode Island 

Mr. SpKakek: 

W'hu misses (jr wlio wins the j)rize 

Go lose or conquer as ye can, 
But if ye win or if ye lose, 

Be each, pray God, a jjentleniau. 

The actuating impulse of the life and the character of Daniel 
Larned Davis Granger, who recently ])asse(l from our midst 
to the great beyond, was in his instincts habituall\' of the c|ual- 
it\- f)f a gentleman in every relation in life. Horn in the city 
of I'ro\'idence May ,^o, 185:?, and reared in the atmosphere of a 
religious home, his youth and young manhood promised the 
fruition which his later life fulfilled. He gave constant and 
consistent effort to the promotion of his high ideals of religious 
life and living. A graduate of Brown Universit)', in 1874, he 
chose the law as his profession in his native city of Provi- 
dence, and my personal acquaintance with him began with his 
acceptance of the position of clerk in the Rhode Island house of 
representatives. Soon thereafter he was chosen by his fellow- 
citizens to the responsible office of city treasurer of Providence. 
His incumbency of that position was characterized by a high 
degree of ability and probity, and resulted in the commendation 
of his people. His success in kee])in,g (he credit of his cilv ui)on 
a high and honorable financial plane was duly appreciated and 
commended. Continuing in the service of his city, the second 
in size in New England, he was called to the high oflfice of chief 
executive thereof. His service as ma\or was characterized 
bv an able, honest, and jirogressive administration, and after 

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serving two terms lie \oluntarily declined to aocej)! renomina- 
tion to the mayoralty. But lie was not jiermitted to retire 
from public life, and was nominated and elected to represent 
his — the first district of Rhode Island — in the Congress of the 
United States. His fjuiet and unostentatious manner as a new 
Member of this body won him the friendshi]) of the Meinbers 
of the House in a conspicuous degree. 

In the second Congress to which he had been chosen he was 
appointed to membership upon our most important Committee 
of Ways and Means. The insidious and often distressing and 
painful disease to which he at last succumbed had deprived 
him of the opportunity to devote himself to the important work 
of his committee to the extent which his ambition impelled, but 
he bravely fought back his increasing suffering and took part 
in the work of the House and committee when at times prudence 
might have counseled him to give first attention to his health. 

From the human view point it seems hard that this life should 
be cut short while one is still in his prime with so much to attain 
which seems approaching fruition; yet who can measure the 
real value of human accomplishment and its limitations? A 
single act may justify a whole life, even from the earthly point 
of view. Only the Supreme Intelligence can correctly appraise 
the worth of any one of us in His great scheme of the true value 
of our existence. The full value of man's ser\-ice to his fellow- 
men, and as measured by our Creator, is not for tiiiite minds 
to know. 

Our friend has gone from the place in our midst which knew 
him so well. His memory will long remain to cheer us in our 
efforts to carry out each his little part in the infinite plan of 
life. It seems a pity sometimes that "the kindly things said of 
us after we have passed to our reward could not have been said 
w'hile the subject was still upon the active field of life to cheer 
and sustain us in our efforts to aid in the uplift of humanitv." 



Address of Mr. Gouldcn, of New York ii 



Address of Mr. Goulden, of New York 

Mr. Speaker: Un Sunday February 14, 1909, our colleague, 
Daniel L. D. Granger, of Rhode Island, departed this life. He 
died in Washington, at the post of duty, though unable to attend 
the sessions for some time prior to his death. 

For two years he suffered with an incurable disease, which he 
bore with Christian fortitude and resignation. It was my good 
fortune to know our late colleague quite well, and the relations 
existing between us were always of the most friendly character. 

To know him was to respect and love him. He was a man of 
deep feelings and great sympath\-. It was his invariable custom 
to bid everyone a cheerful "Good morning!" and in a pleasant 
manner inquire about your health. His disjiosition was a jovial 
one, and he was fond of telling a good story. His companions 
loved to hear him, no matter what his subject might be. 

As a Member of Congress he was faithful and earnest in the 
discharge of his duties. He rarely missed a committee meeting 
or a session of the House. In his action on important matters 
he was disposed to be independent and nonpartisan. He meas- 
ured up to the full standard as a man and as a statesman. His 
life is an insjiiration for the young men of the Nation. It shows 
what a poor boy can accomplish in this favored land. Beginning 
at the bottom of the ladder, he worked his way up to the top, 
becoming one of the leading men, not alone of his State but of 
the Nation. His loss will be seriously felt b\- all who had the 
honor of his acquaintance. 

Our consolation is that he did not live in vain — that his 
example is left us for the inspiration and conduct of those who 
follow him. 



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\Vf mourn liini (iL-ad. hut "his deeds do live after him. 

Now is the stately column hrokt-, 
The beacon Ught is quenched in smoke, 
The trumpet's sih-er voice is still, 
The warder silent on the hill. 



Address of Mr. O' Council, of Massachusetts 



Address of Mr. O'Connell, of Massachusetts 

Mr. Speaker: As a \e\v England Democrat, nn- position to- 
day, participating in these memorial exercises to the memory 
of mv late colleague, has a doubly sad significance. It i\i pain- 
ful to comment on the loss of one who has been a colleague, 
with whom relations ha\e been most pleasant and cordial, but 
it is even more so when it is realized that his departure re- 
moves from Congress one of the small handful of Democrats 
who represent the great group of New England States. 

In the political econom\- of this Nation it may, perhaps, be 
generally accepted that an uneven division of political respon- 
sibility is to be regretted. New England with her almost solid 
representation of Republicans, and the South willi its even 
more solid Democratic representation, afford two striking ex- 
amples of this policy. Many leaders of highest thought in New 
England have believed that this policy has injured the interests 
of New England in many instances in the last two decades. 
Rhode Island, h(.)\vever, was wise enough to dissent from her 
sister New England States and divided her representation, giv- 
ing to Mr. Granger, as a Democrat, the honor of representing 
her for three successive terms in the National Halls of Congress, 
along with his colleague, Mr. Capron, of the opposite political 
faith. 

This policy proved a happy one, and in the choice of Mr. 
Granger splendid discernment was shown and just recognition 
paid to meritorious and honorable service rendered Ijy him in 
prior years, when, as reading clerk of the Rhode Island legis- 
lature and treasurer and mayor of I'rovidence, he won the 
esteem and respect of all those who knew him of both political 



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faiths. Tliat tlie policy of tht- citizens of Rhode Island was not 
a mistaken one was clearly shown when Mr. Gr.^xger was ele- 
vated to the very important position of membership on the 
Ways and Means Committee, the most important committee in 
Congress. This place on the committee gave to the State of 
Rhode Island a position in the councils of the Nation which her 
verv large industrial interests and her splendid traditions justly 
entitled her to, and was an impressive vindication of the policy 
of her citizens in sending a Democratic Representative to Wash- 
ington. 

The Democracy of the Nation mourns the loss of Mr. Gran- 
ger and to-day joins the citizens of the First Rhode Island dis- 
trict in paying due and merited respect to his memory. 

It was, indeed, unfortunate that in the last year of his life 
his health was poor; but his patience, good nature, and courage 
in fighting off the malady which finally proved fatal won for 
him the admiration and love of his friends, and his gallant 
fight will always be regarded with the warmest respect by all 
who knew him. 

Mr. Gr.wger was courteous, considerate, and polite, thus 
splendidly combining those elements which distinguish a gen- 
tleman and won for him the love and esteem of his fellow-men. 
As a university graduate, he carried into the vital affairs of this 
Nation those ideals which had come to him from a line of an- 
cestors who believed in the undying iirinciples of Jefferson and 
Jackson. He early recognized that this Government, in order 
to be a success, must continue along the lines of its founders, 
and a continuation along that line meant that it must be gov- 
erned by one of the big parties. He believed the Democratic 
partv better equipped in principle, as his fathers had before 
him. As a strict party man Mr. Granger had the confidence 
of his party associates; as a Jleinber of Congress he had the 



Address of Mr. O'Connell, of Massachusetts 15 

respect of his political opponents because of his loyalt\ , fealty, 
and strict adherence to Democratic doctrine. 

The most regrettable part of his career was the fact that the 
last six months found him physically unable to meet the de- 
mands imposed upon him as a Member of Congress from a dis- 
trict with large, varied, and important interests. His friends 
and close associates believe that had his health continued as 
it was in prior \ears he would unquestionabh' have been re- 
elected. As it was, Mr. Gr.angER felt that he had been re- 
elected. With this thought firmly impressed in his soul, he 
was preparing to contest the seat of his opponent at the polls. 
Unquestionably this belief on his part was sincere. I know 
nothing about the merits of the case, nor do 1 care at this time 
to in any way discuss them, other than to say that, believing 
as he did. he certainly acted as a man in carrying the fight to 
the highest tribunal. To die fighting a just cause is glorious to 
men. D.\NiEL L. D. Granger died fighting for what he felt to 
be a just cause. 

In his death Democracy loses a loyal, illustrious, and deserv- 
edly honored son; the Nation mourns the departure of a wise 
counselor; the State of Rhode Island, with reverence, ]5laces 
his name among those of her sons who, born on her soil and 
educated in her schools and university, continued through life 
to remember the ideals and the traditions which, from the days 
of Roger Williams, have placed Rhode Island high in the galaxy 
of States forming the American Union. 
78127 — H. Due. 1514, 60-j J 



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Address of Mr. Clark, of Missouri 

Mr. Si>K.\ki;k : Aiiolhur Membc-r of ihis House has gone to ioin 
tlif \ast majority. When we consider the fact that most nu-n 
are in good heahh and not ])ast the ]irime of hfe when elected 
as Members of the House, the mortality is astonishinglv large. 
When the membership was only ^=,-j, in one term since I have 
been here 17 died. Hard work and close confinement are 
largely responsible for this condition of affairs. Let us iiope 
that the ste]) which we took on Saturday looking toward a 
remodeling of the Hall of the House so as t:o let in the sunshine 
and air mav tend to lengthen the li\es of the Members. 

The latest of^ our Congressional brethren to depart was 
D.wiE!, L.\R.\'ED Davis Gra.vger, a Representative from Riiode 
Island. In three Congresses he ably and faithfully represented 
the capital district of that ancient Commonwealth. Having 
graduated from Brown University — one of our finest institu- 
tions of learning — and having been in due time admitted to 
the bar, he practiced successfully his profession in his native 
citv of Providence until circumstances led him to enter public 
life, where he had a long and honorable career. Twice he was 
elected reading clerk of the state house of representatives; 
elected citv treasme'. which position he held eleven years; 
twice he was elected mayor of Providence, and twice to this 
House. His public record is above criticism. In every posi- 
tion to which the voice of his fellow-citizens called him he dis- 
charged his duties so well that at the first opportunity they 
promoted him. In ever\ contest in which he engaged the ])olI 
proved that he was stronger than his partv. 



Address of Mr. Clark, of Missouri 17 

We all know that he was an honest, modest, straightforward, 
industrious, dependable man. Soon after he came to Congress 
he was placed upon the great Committee on Ways and Means — 
an unusual honor for a Member of so short service. Having 
served with him on that coniiuiiitx', I cheerfullv bear testimony 
to the value of his services thereon. During two years of our 
joint service the fact that I was the ranking Democrat forced 
me to a closer communion and more intimate acquaintance 
with my party fellows on that committee than would other- 
wise have been the case. Thus I came to know our Brother 
Granger thoroughly, aiid I know that his every impulse was 
honorable and patriotic. He had very decided \iews — old- 
fashioned views — as to jnililic jiolicies, which he advocated with 
courage and to which he adhered with consistency. Though 
mild in manner, he was firm as a rock. 

His fidelity to duty was signall\' illustrated in his last months. 
As soon as Hon. vSereno I{. Pavne, chairman of the Committee 
on Ways and Means, issued his call for a meeting of that com- 
mittee in this city on November 10 to conduct the tariff hear- 
ings, Mr. Gr.\ngER wrote me that he was sick, but that if we 
really needed his sen.'ices he would come on anvwav. 1 at 
once both wrote and telegrajjlied him to rest at home, recu- 
perate, and get well, while we would do our best with the tariff 
hearings; but, nevertheless, after a few days, he did come to 
Washington with the seal of death upon his face and wanted to 
join us in conducting the hearings. I had some difficulty in 
dissuading him from essaying a task for which his physical 
power was inadequate. 

Some years ago he induced me to journe\- to Providence for 
the i^urpose of making a speech. I was never more generously 
received or more bountifully entertained. Before I left Provi- 
dence I made three speeches instead of tlie one I had intended 



i8 Memorial Addresses: Daniel L. D. Granger 

to inakf. Rhode Islaiul lii)spit;ilit\' is a thing never to be for- 
gotten when once experienced. I have visited many Repre- 
sentatives in Congress in their home towns and have witnessed 
divers manifestations of regard for them, but for none of them 
more than for Mr, Granger. He appeared to know every- 
body, and all of his constituents, without regard to political 
affiliations, appeared to entertain ]iersonal affection for him. 

His closing days were peaceful as a summer's eve, and he 
sleeps the sleep of the faithful in the beloved city of his birth, 
among those who loved him well and for whom he wrought 
with fidelity and success. 



Address oj Mr. Slaydcn, oj Texas iq 



Address of Mr. Slayden, of Texas 

Mr. Speaker: With the name of lintilaiid's t;reat naval hero, 
Nelson, is forever associated the word "dut\-." With equal per- 
manence it is allied to that of Robert Edward I^ee, who said it 
was the subliniest word in our language. Now, by reason of 
the inherent elements of his tiature and the remarkable appre- 
ciation of those qualities that were so eloquently voiced by 
Charles Francis Adams, of Massachusetts, in his wonderful cen- 
tennial address, we can never think of Lee except as tvpical of 
character. That great son of Massachusetts admired the genius 
of the X'irginian, but he admired his character more. While 
Lee was serving his country- in a subordinate place on the fron- 
tier, or with unmatched skill conducting military campaigns 
against an enemy of superior force, he was building character, 
and perhaps Mr. Adams is right when he suggests that character 
in a man or a people is more to be esteemed than skill in war or 
statecraft. It was this quality in the early Americans that 
made the rock-bound coast of New England the si'at of a high 
civilization; that gave us the glory of Lexington, Bunker Hill, 
Kings Mountain, and Vorktown, and planted on the continent 
of North America 46 great, independent, sovereign States, dedi- 
cated to the preser\'ation of the liberties of the ]X'0])le. 

Typical of the people who did those things was Daniel 
Earned Davis Granger. He was of their Ijlood and bone. 

I was first drawn to him by an appreciation of the fact that 
he was a twentieth-century edition of the men of the Revolu- 
tionary period. At that time I did not even know that he was 
sprung from the loins of men who had done service for the 
country on the field of battle as early as 1758, nor that his 



20 Memorial Addresses: IMinui L. D. GraiiQcr 

"freal-grandfathcr, A1)iki (".raiiiitr, had ser\-fcl with Washingioii 
throughout thi' Auu-ricau RcNdlulion. 1 can onl\' sa\ llial after 
I kiitvv him I accepted such ancestry as a matter of course. 
He had the same qualities; he only needed the same oppor- 
tunities to manifest them. 

Being fellow-partisans, and to some extent of like tastes, I 
was thrown into his companx' in an intimate wax I came to 
love him as a man as much as I had admired him as a faitiilid 
Representative of his people. 

In his jxilitical views, as in his ]iersonal traits, he was a won- 
derful retlection of his heroic forbears. His grandfather, luas- 
tus Granger, learned political wisdom at the feet of Thomas 
Jefferson. The grandson was grounded in the fundamentals of 
democracy, and until the day of his death never wavered in the 
faith. 

Ivvery sketch of his life that I have seen has referretl to his 
active work for the public good as an officer of his city, his 
State, or the Nation, or as 'a private citizen. In all these places 
he measured fully up to the expectations of his friends. Those 
who know him best a]jpreciated him most. He was as con- 
spicuous in church work as in politics, and for more than 
twenty-five years was superintendent of the Sunday school at 
St. John's Episcopal Church, of Providence. Jealous for the 
truths of history, he was a working member of the Rhode Island 
Historical .Societx. Preferring reason to force, luunanitx' tn 
brutalitx, he earnestly supported the cause of international 
arbitration. 

As learned as he xvas modest, he commanded the res])ect and 
received honors from the scholarly classes with whom he was 
associated. He received the honorarx- degree of master of arts 
from his alma mater in moj. President Faunce jiresented the 
degree in the following terras; 



Address of Mr. Slaydcii. of Texas 21 

A. M. — Danikl Lakneii Davis Gkani^er, of 1874, for some time treas- 
urer of the city of Providence, now its chief magistrate, in Imth offices 
showing sturdy honesty, unflinching courage, teacliing us to love city more 
than party and righteousness more than all. 

Thai beaiitiftil iribtitc from his neighbor and friend, the dis- 
tinguished head of a great university, leaves Httle to be said. 

But because it shows the estimate of him that was held b\- 

men nearer the field of political contests and less influenced l)y 

the charitable perspective of the closet scholar, 1 shall c|tiole 

from an editorial in the Bulletin, a newspaper jiublished in 

Providence : 

Congressman Granger, who diea in Washington yesterday, was one of 
the most valuable citizens of Providence. The welfare of the public ap- 
jiealed to him as an end that he should seek, and he sought it as many men 
seek their own private interests. It seemed to be continually in his thoughts 
and he worked for it earnestly and fearlessly, without counting the cost to 
himself, and apparently without caring how strong the opposition might be. 
The public came to understand the singleness of his purpose. They trusted 
him. This is the secret of that remarkalile power to win votes that made 
Mr. Granger one of the most influential Democrats thai have ever held 
office in Rhode Island. 

He was at the same time a practical politician and an idealist, 
a reformer and a partisan. 

As long as the people choose such men for their sen.-ants 
representative government is safe. He took his mission seri- 
ously. He sought no mere honors. He only wanted an oppor- 
tiinitv to serve. I shall alwa}s think of him as one whose 
central idea was — 

Not only to keep down the base in man. 
But teach high thought and amiable words 
.\nd courtesy and love of truth. 
And all thai makes a man. 

On his iiiomimeni, in addition to llie high praise of — 

Well clone, good and faithful servanl, 
May well be car\-ed the words — 
Here lies a man. 



22 Memorial Addresses: Daniel L. D. Granger 



Address of Mr. Harrison, of New York 

Mr. Speaker: It is my privilege to pay tribute to the mem- 
ory of our friend and late colleague, Daniel L. D. Granger. 

In his death the vState of Rhode Island has lost a representa- 
tive worthy of her highest traditions and noblest memories, the 
House of Representatives is deprived of a figure of commanding 
influence and highest integrity, and we, his friends, have lost 
the treasure of his companionship. There has passed out of our 
lives the abiding presence of a character in which tenderness 
and strength were of equal balance, in which rare cultivation of 
mind and manner served but to emphasize the vigor and power 
of the man himself. 

It is not possible to gauge the profound effect of such a char- 
acter upon his associates. Each one of us has gained something 
from our acquaintance with him. When a man of the highest 
character and deep learning consents to leave the seclusion of 
home and study to venture into the rough turmoil of the public 
service, his influence nuist always be for the betterment of his 
fellow-man; especially so when he treads his way fearlessly 
and without hesitation, standing with sturdiness for what he 
feels to be the right and for the ultimate uplifting of his gen- 
eration. vSuch a man was Daniel L. D. Granger. 

But, Mr. Speaker, the blow has fallen most heavily upon the 
manv of us who were his personal friends. The charm of his 
manner and his personality were a source of daily pleasure to 
us all. He has left his mark graven deep upon our affections. 
Personally, I shall always treasure my friendship with him as 
one of the most precious recollections of my life in Congress. 



Address of Mi . Edwards, oj Georgia 23 



Addr£SS of Mr. Edwards, of Georgia 

Mr. Speaker: I would feel that 1 had failed to ]X'rform a 
duty that I owe to the memory of my dead frieml, Mr. Daniel 
Larned Davis Granger, were I not to add a respectful tribute 
lo the niaiiv si^lendid eulogies that ha\e alread>- been offered 
on this memorial occasion. 

.Mv acquaintance with him began with the first session of this 
Congress. Both being Democrats, we were frequently thrown 
together uj)on matters of legislation, and the more I saw of 
Mr. Granger the better ojiinion I entertained of him. His 
manh' t|iialities appealed to me and I appreciated him as a well- 
fitted and able legislator. 

Bv reference to the biograi)hical sketch of his life, as found 
in the Congressional Directory, we will see that he was born 
in Providence, R. I., May ^^o, 1852; graduated from Brown 
University in 1874. He was admitted to the Rhode Island bar 
in 1877; practiced law in Providence; twice elected reading 
clerk of the house of representatives. In 1890 he was elected 
city treasurer of Providence, and for eleven years served in 
that capacit)'. He vyas twice elected mayor of that citv. He 
was elected to the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, and Sixtieth Con- 
gresses, and was a Member of this Congress at the time of 
his death. 

The many high positions of trust to which he was elected 
and in which he served his city, State, and Nation testify to 
the high esteem in which he was held liy the people of his 
native city antl vState. At the time of his death he was a mem- 
ber of the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Repre- 
sentatives, showing that his merit was dulv ajipreciated in 
Congress, and as a recognition of which he had been given this 
high committee place. 



24 'Memonal Adilicssrs: Danul L. I). (i)antii:r 

His death has removed oik- of our ablest and most ])o])ular 
.Members of the House of Re]jresentati\es, and in his dtath 
Congress and the Xation ha\ e sustained a great loss. 

It fell to my sad lot to be one of the Congressional funeral 
partN. St. John's Episcopal Church, from which the funeral 
took place, was literally crowded beyond its capacity by his 
relatives and friends, who gathered to pay their last sad tribute 
of respect. The ceremonies were simple, beautiful, and im- 
pressive. The remains were taken from the church to Swan 
Point Cemetery, followed by a throng of sad hearts, where our 
departed friend was laid to rest under the sod of his native 
State. Nature, too. seemed to weep. The day was cold, and 
the rain drops that had fallen early in the morning were frozen 
as they hung to the limbs of the trees and bushes and to the 
blades of grass; and as the sun came out at midday, when the 
interment was being made, the frozen raindrops hanging from 
thousands of places glistened in the sunshine and scintillated 
the beauty of myriad gems that seemed to me melting into tears 
over the death of this distinguished and lovable man. There, 
in that surpassingly beautiful cemetery, under a perfect mound 
of floral offerings, tenderly placed on his grave by sorrowing 
relatives and friends, we left him to see him no more on this 
earth. 

The thousands, from every walk of life, who turned out to 
attend his funeral attested the love that the people of the citv 
of Providence and the State of Rhode Island had for this 
faithful ser\ant. who had served them so long and in so manv 
high places of trust and honor. 

Death is always sad. In this case it left its full measure of 
sadness and sorrow, iiut also a very consoling hope, for he was 
a Christian. I talked with many who had known him inti- 
mateh' for years, and while he had held many high oflices, 
and at his death was a nieinber of the highest and greatest 



Address oj Mr. Lidwards, of Geoygia 25 

legislative body in the world, in speaking of him they stressed 
not the fact that he had held high offices, but that he was a 
Christian and a good man. 

What greater tribute could man desire? Coming from the 
hearts and lips of those with whom lie had l)een reared, with 
whom he had walked and lived, coming from those who knew- 
him best, it was the greatest tribute that human tongue could 
pay to his memory, and gives a sweet hope of a meeting again 
in that beautiful and great beyond, if we can have the same 
said of us when we die. 

The loss of such a man is of great consequence to this nation. 
We need Christian statesmen to-dav more than ever in the his- 
tory of our country. We need men who fear f lod and walk with 
Him, as our departed friend did. In this dav of greed for gold, 
when men are in a mad rush for wealth, position, and power, I 
fear God is too often forgotten. I fear, too, that it is often the 
case that men who do not fear God are elevated to positions of 
honor and trust, to rule over and direct the ])olicies and laws 
of our country. Such is a sad misfortune. This is a God- 
fearing country and a God-favored countrw His blessings to 
us as a nation are countless, and in recognition of His number- 
less blessings we owe it to Him to see to it that His hol\- name 
is not ])rofaned by the elevation to these positions of power 
and honor characters that are not builded upon a faith and 
belief in God. 

History will record that the crowning glor\' of the life of the 
great President William McKinley-was the fact that he was a 
Christian statesman. The same can be said of our departed 
friend, for whom these memorial eulogies are offered. The 
crowning glory of his simple life, and the one to be prized most 
highly b\- his kindred and his friends, is that D.^NIEL Larned 
Davis Granger was a Christian statesman. 



26 Memorial Addresses: Daniel L. D. Granger 



Address of Mr. Washburn, of Massachusetts 

Mr. vSpeakek: My jiersonal acqiiainiancf with Mr. Granger 
was confined to very pleasant relations with him during the 
last session of Congress. We had, however, many friends in 
common who had long known him, from whom I have learned 
much that is interesting. Others will speak of his work here. 
I shall confine myself to a side of his life perhaps little known 
here. 

He had for many years been deeply interested in the Prot- 
estant Episcopal Church, with the practical work of which he 
had long been closely identified. He was superintendent of the 
.Simdav school connected with St. John's Church, Providence, 
for twenty-five years, during which time he took a keen per- 
sonal interest in the welfare of the boys and girls under his 
charge. His relation with them was more than perfunctory; 
he was their intimate and trusted friend. Whenever any mem- 
ber of the school was ill he was a constant visitor, and his 
ministrations were often those ordinarily performed by the 
clergy. He was always most solicitous for the spiritual and 
physical welfare of all the young people brought within the 
zone of his influence, and was always active in securing places 
for such of them as were obliged to earn their own li\ing and 
in aiding them to secure an education. A friend who is inti- 
mately acquainted with this side of Mr. CtRaxgEr's life recently 
told me that he knew of three boys whom he had helped, one 
of whom is now a rector in the West, anot iier a rector in the East, 
and another a physician in a village in Rhode Island, none of 
whom, it might truthfully be said, would have had an education 
had it not been for the personal interest which Mr. Granger 



Address of Mr. Washburn, of Massachusetts 27 

had in tlit-ni. His house was always open to tliose who needed 

his advice and assistance. I remember that in one of the last 

conversations I had with him he asked if I could aid him in 

securing a pardon for a young man in whom he was interested, 

then confined in the state prison in Massachusetts. The 

young man upon the expiration of his term went directlv from 

the prison to Mr. Grancer's house, where he was warmly 

received and hospitably entertained. I think I am safe in 

saying that the church stood first in Mr. Gr.anger's affection; 

and then, looking beyond his immediate family circle, the 

weak, the helpless, and the unfortunate whom he had i)een 

able to help in their advance to belter things. 

His ear was ever open to their cry; his time was alwavs theirs. 

Of him it may be truly said — 

He has kept tliat committed tn his trust. He has fought tlie gciod li.i,'lit, 
and laid hold on eternal life. 



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Address of Mr. Williams, of Mississippi 

Mr. Speaker: I lirst knew Mr. (tR.\N(;er when he came on 
to Washington after his election to the Fifty-eighth Congress. 
1 had heard of him before as niavor of Providence on account 
of his remarkable campaign, resulting in unexpected victory 
for him and for the Democracy, and on account of the probity 
and excellence of his administration of that important office. 
The fact that he had been previously to his induction into the 
mayoralty for eleven years treasurer of his city had also gained 
him golden opinions and demonstrated his reliability and 
capacity. 

1 liked him immediatelv because of his strong traits as a 
man and the characteristics of courtesy. dignit\'. and poise, 
which marked him a gentleman at the same time. 

Pope savs "An honest man is the noblest work of God." 
Not so; an honest man who is well bred, courteous, considerate, 
and tactful is the noblest work of Cod. Mr. Gr.anger was all 
of these, and added to their possession an ability of a very 
high order. These virtues soon won him his way to men's 
hearts here and to the forefront in the House organization of 
the minority side. 

He became a member of the Ways and Means Committee 
and did good, intelligent, and tactful services there, until his 
health became such that it was physically impossible. 

He regretted his later inability to be much at his post with 
deep anguish and often expressed it. 

His interest was not confined to national legislation. Social, 
sociological, and international questions claimed a large share 
of his earnest and intelligent consideration, especially the great 



Address oj Mr. Williams, of Mississippi 29 

question of peace among the great nations of the world. He 
was one of the most earnest students of that great problem, 
and while he did not push himself to tile front self-assertingly, 
as some do, he was to the highest degree useful in bearing his 
share of the work as a member of the American group of the 
Interparliamentary Union for the maintenance of the world's 
peace, and as a delegate more than once to represent that 
grouji in jieace congresses. He was sympathetic in heart, as 
well as in mind, with all movements looking to the uplift of 
humanity and the betterment physicalh' and morally of the 
poor and the ignorant and the vicious, who are the morally 
poor. 

For years a vestryman of that historic church of which 
Hooker and Taylor and Ridley and Farrar and Stanley were 
priests or bishops in Itngland and George Washington and 
Robert H. Lee and Tefferson Davis were laymen in America, he 
taught its vSunday schools and added practical religion and its 
sweet lessons of goodness to his achievements as a man, a states- 
man, a student, and a gentleman. 

He was a clean man — clean in person, heart, and tlunight. He 
was affectionate to his immediate family and kindly to all the 
world. 

As a lawyer I never knew him. and lea\e others to speak of 
him in that capacity. 

His religion was neither cant nor eniotionalism. 

He so lived that when his summons came to joir 

The innumerable caravan which moves 

To that mysterious realm where each shall take 

His chamber in the silent halls of death, 

He went not like the quarry slave at night, 

Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed 

Bv an unfaltering trust. 

Man is the only animal, Mr. Speaker, that honors his dead bv 
ceremonious observance. The more civilized men are, the more 



30 Memorial Addresses: Daniel L. D. Gnnigcr 

reasonable and oplimislic and hopeful lliev are, the less fear- 
some and superstitious are these observances. 

The reason is liiat as men progress in the understanding of 
nature and of themselves they come more and more to think 
of time and eternity as being a continuity of duration in which 
immortal souls dwell in what ought to be kindly fellowship, 
under the wise eye and friendly guardianship of a God who is 
not oidy powerful, but g6od, and who, in the words of JefTerson, 
"desires not only the happiness of man here and hereafter, but 
that he shall be free also. " One whose "kingdom" is on earth 
as well as in heaven, and whose "will is done" throughout all 
duration as well as throughout all space. 

But for death and the sight and consideration of it, what the 

poet wrote would be always true: 

Tlie wodd is too much with us; late and soon, 
Getting and spending, we lay waste our power; 
Little we see in nature that is ours; 
We have given our hearts away, — a sordid boon! 
This sea that bares her bosom to the moon, 
The winds that will be howling at all hours, 
And are up-gather'd now like sleeping flowers, — 
For this, for every thing, we are out of tune; 
It moves us not 

Religion and philosophy may each be defined to be a study 
or "contemplation of death" and of what flows as conclusions 
from that contemplation — the belief in a sentient, supreme 
rule bv beneficient law; a knowledge concerning immortality, 
sin, and its problems; a faith in righteousness and charity and 
in their ultimate supremacy. 

It is death and pain and sin that at times, crushing out the 
purely material and secondary things, bring us to the realiza- 
tion of the higher and ideal and primary things — the true, the 
beautiful, and the good. Then it is that it can no longer be 
said of the higher and sentimental life that "it moves us not." 
Then are we, with "broken and contrite hearts," at the begin- 



Address of Mr. Wul/iains, of Mississippi 31 

niiig of both wisdom and righteousness, and llie mad livalrv for 
money and place being temporarily extinguished we can each 
exclaim, with fervent thanks to God, in the full presence and 
realization of the "eternal verities," " I am captain of my soul." 
Being with the verities, the verisimilitudes no longer deceive, 
nor mislead, nor overmaster. 
Thomas Carlyle well said : 

Kindle tlic inner life, and yon have a rianie that Imrns up all linver 
considerations 

How shri\'ele(l in the presence of death and pain, which 
"kindle the inner life," are they all — these "lower considera- 
tions," the a]ipetites of the llesh and the world, the allurement 
of place, the striving for wealth, in short, all secondary things. 

Through the portals ()|)ened to our vision by death, how 
God and eternit\- and our own immortality and our real selves 
loom up until thev exclude from the sight all other things. 
How the new view and the new life tear the tawdry disguise 
from mere material pursuit and petty self, and how pitiable 
they seem in their loathsome nakedness. 

It is death only that can make us realize what real life is. 

An orator in a public address recently said: 

In the presence of the helpless dignity of the dead shall we not gather 
some knowledge of the dignity of life, some courage to meet the problems 
nf the day. some ho])e for the future. 

Yes; we can learn to meet them worthih' with self-realiza- 
tion. 

Death is ever, or ever ma\' be, in oitr sitrve\ of life, a point 
of new departure. 

This is eminentK' true when a ijood man's death brings its 
lesson with its shock. 

Of the subject of this sketch it may be said, wilhotit cant or 
afftjctation, that he was a good man — one of the few. 
7S127 — H. Doe. i,=ii4, to-3 3 



32 Memorial' Addresses: Daniel L. D. Granger 

Address of Mr. Parsons, of New York 

Mr. Speaker: The evidences of respect and sorrow that were 

manifest at the time of the death of D.wiEi. Larned Davis 

Granger betokened the hifjh and enviable position that he had 

in his commimity. He was an excellent type of American. He 

came from old Xew England stock. He was well trained in 

things fundamental in life and was well educated so far as 

schooling was concerned. Of the advantages that came t" him 

bv heredity and environment he made good use. His services 

in both public and ]irivate life were very considerable and 

proved him a worthy man and a fitting representative of his 

people. No doubt the inspiration that i)rom]ited him to ser\ice 

was that expressed in the ]«)et's lims: 

Do noble things, not dream tlieni, all day long: 
And so make life, death, and that vast forever 
One grand sweet song. 

Man's allotted portion in life varies. To some it is given to 
do one kind of service; to another a different kind. .Some are 
called upon for an active life; others "also ser^e who only 
stand and wait." To Representative Grancer it was allotted 
to be active in service, and those who knew him know that in 
the performance of that high obligation he was faithful unto 
death. 

His position in this House was a notable one. He had re- 
ceived high consideration as one of the representatives of his 
party on a great committee. Illness prevented him, to his bitter 
sorrow, from doing his share of the labor on that committee, 
but, thotigh in that respect he was deprived of doing the tiling 
that he would have regarded as counting, the will to do was 
there, and that was the real measure of the man. 

His useful and faithful life is over. He rests from his labors. 
His record here is an honor to himself and to his people. 



Address uf .\J) . Gardiicr, uj Massachusetts 



Atdkess of Mr. Gardner, of Massachusetts 

i\Ir. Speaker : GeiUlfnu-n ma\- inaku merrv in these days 
when claim is made as to the especial merit of the 'stock of the 
Puritan." Gentlemen are welcome to their merriment so long 
as their acts continue to belie their mirth. So long as men 
choose the Puritan as their leader and their representative, so 
long as men show themselves willin.i,' to trust their Puritan 
leader's judgment aind his decision, whether or not it coincides 
with their own, just so long will the world believe that the 
doctrine of austere honesty has pro\ed its case. 

Granger was a Puritan of Puritan lieliefs, Puritan ujiright- 
ness, Puritan singleness of purpose. Ves, of Puritan prejudice, 
it \-r)u will have it so. Sprung from my own ])eople, from my 
own town of Ipswich, in Massachusetts, from mv own kins- 
folk, he inherited the virtues of his forefathers and he inher- 
ited their shortcomings. Ves; but their virtues were enhanced 
in his character, while their shortcomings were reduced to that 
minimum which nature exacts from all men. 

To those of us who love the lime light of publicitv. Granger's 
successful career ma>- sen.e as a notice that the buskin and 
the mask are not the only effective accessories in progress 
through the world. His part in the comedy or the tragedy of 
life, call it whichever you will, bore no relation to the applause 
of the emotional beings in front of the footlights. Of them he 
never sought the acclaim He never received their applause; 
but from the thinking nniltilude who act but never applaud he 
wrested the appreciation due to him who had i)een faithful 
over a few things, and so had shown his eapacit\' to be a ruler 
over man\- thintjs. 



34 Memorial Addresses: Daniel L. I), danger 

To those of us who arc- struggling for tht- a])preciation of our 
constituents, as well as for that of our fellow-Members of the 
House of Representatives, there are two guerdons of success 
which each one of us longs to wear as a medal on our breast. 
There are two committees in which membership invariably 
signifies one of two things. 

If a Member of this House is selected for a place on the Com- 
mittee on Appropriations or on the Committee on Ways and 
Means each one of us knows, even if the country does not know, 
that the Member selected is a man who stands above his fellows. 
Gr.W'GER was a member of the Committee on Ways and Means. 
Are there many of you who would decline that great honor if it 
were offered vou? I venture to say there is not a Member of 
this House who would not give much t(5 attain that prize. Yet 
Gr.an'ger did not attain it either by an unbecoming straining 
toward the glorv of the journalistic headline nor b\- the un- 
worthv ranting of the demagogue or the visionary. By the 
solid, substantial, unostentatious performance of his work he 
won his opportunity for greater work and greater influence. I^et 
those of us who seek reward l5\- the meretricious short cut of 
notorietv take heed from his example. 



Addyess of Mr. Peters, of Masiachusetts 35 



Address of Mr. Peters, of Massachusetts 

Mr. Speaker: My duty as a colleague and 111 v desire as a 
friend alike stimulate me to pay to Mr. Daniel L. D. Granger, 
of Rhode Island, that respect which is his due and the utterance 
of which is to a friend a ])ri\ilege. 

Our (Tovcrnnient exists by the will of its ])eo]ile, and the 
carrying out of that will is one of the highest duties of democ- 
racy. This duty the jxople of his city and vState imposed on 
Mr. Granger, and that such trust was well placed no one with 
whom he came in contact e\er questioned. 

A public servant in many capacities, he for years ser\'cd in 
the important office of treasurer and later as mavor of Provi- 
dence, the second city of New England. To the public and to 
the country as a whole his most useful service, however, was 
rendered in the Congress of the United States. Respected and 
trusted, he received the support alike of those most trulv in- 
terested in our country's welfare, and for three terms was sent 
by a constituency in which his party was in the minority to 
Congress. The confidence so placed in iiim was not misplaced, 
and his personality and talents earned for him a position on 
what is regarded generally as the most important committee of 
Congress— Ways and Means. That his labors are ended before 
llie full measure of accomplishment of his life had come can 
bring but regret to all. That his life's work has in no small 
manner helped the welfare of his coimtrv and mankind does 
not need my statement. 

Straightforward and upright, he stimulated by his example 
the best impulses of all with whom he came in contact. His 



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Memorial Addresses: Daniel L. D. Granqer 



iiiiM-llisli ;uul s\ lupallKlic natuii.- dri-w ualuralh to liini friends, 

and their lovaltx' and sorrow tistifv to-dav, more liian words 

• - 

can tell, to liis nienior\-. 

Our countrx . to safely guard its treasures of liberty, needs the 
services of its citizens of the highest character. To-day we 
mourn one who has ser\x'd his country in the nol)le work of 
peace with his highest effort, and as friends we will treasure 
alwavs the mcmor\' of tlial man of character, simple and direct, 
and who gave of his best to our Repulilic — Daxikl I^. D. 
Granger. 



Address of Mr. Kc/iliei . oj Massachusetts 



Address of Mr. Keliher, of Massachusetts 

Mr. SpKaker: It was my good fortune upon entering Con- 
gress, six years ago, to draw a seat beside that of the late 
Member from Rhode Island, Hon. Da.niki, I<. I). Gr.ancick. 

Sitting together ujxm tiiis side of the House as Democrats 
from New England, we naturally formed an early acquaintance, 
for the company of New England Democrats in Congress has 
been discouragingly limited of late. This acquaintance gradu- 
ally developed into an intimate friendship, which I jirized as 
one of the most valuable of my life. Mr. Granger was mag- 
nificently fitted for service in Congress. He was gifted by 
nature with a fine mind, which was fully equipped bv thorough 
education and extensi\-e travel; possessed of a high sensi' of 
honor; and was in perfect sympathv witii the highest tradi- 
tions of our history. He approachetl the consideration of 
every public question with rare intelligence and courage. The 
public welfare was his sole guide in ]nil)lic life. With the 
demagogue he had neither sympath\- nor patience, and wiun 
his conscience and political expedienc\- did not harmonize all 
thought of the political effect of his action \anished from his 
mind, and his vote answered the command of conscience. He 
was a model citizen, and the discerning people of his .Stale 
a])preciated the fact, for they chose him almost continnous!\' 
to represent them in administrative capacities, and their con- 
fidence was repaid in the perfect character of his service. 

His assignment to the Ways and Means Committee, the most 
im[)ortant of the House of Representatives, indicated his high 
standing in this bod\-. He _\\as personally popular with the 
membership of the House, which recognized and respected in 



38 Mniion'a/ Addresses: Panic! L. D. Granger 

liiiii a inanl\' man and courlh' i;inlli'nian as ua-ll as wise coun- 
selor, whose sound advice was available to all who would but 
ask it. He apjiroached very near to my ideal of statesmanship. 

Mr. vSpeaker, the cause of good government in Rhode Island 
lost a stalwart champion in tlic demise of Representative 
Granger that it can ill afford. Let us hope that the great 
record which he established in ])ublic life will attract to his 
methods the young men of that .State entering public life. 

Mr. Speaker, while in his death I lose a dear friend to whose 
sound advice I owe more than words at my present command 
will indicate, I am still the beneficiary of profitable precepts 
which came to me through \'ears of association with the dis- 
tinguished gentleman to whom I pay this modest and inade- 
quate tribute — D.-^niel L. D. Gk.'\N(;ek. 



Addycss 0/ Mr. Ryan, oj Sav York 39 



Address of Mr. Ryan, of New York 

Mr. vSpEakkr: My acquaintance with onr late colleague, to 
connuemorate whose uieniory we have met to-dav, began when 
he entered the Fifty-eighth Congress. As time ]:)assed our 
acquaintance ripened into a warm friendship. 

Mr. C.R.ANGER having friends and business interests in Buffalo, 
m\- home city, he frequently visited there, and on those \isits 1 
often had the pleasure of his company. He was a typical New 
England gentleman. It was alwa\s a pleasure to meet him. 

He was a lineal descendant of Launcelot Granger, who with 
his wife came from England and settled in Ipswich, Mass. 

Capt. Abner Granger, a descendant of this common anci-stor, 
served with distinction in the war of the Revolution and was 
with Washington at \'alley Forge. 

His grandfather, Erastus Granger, was a warm su])porter of 
Thomas Jefferson. He and Gideon Granger, his brother, were 
residents of the State of Connecticut and were surveyors and 
civil engineers, and were engaged by many New Englanders 
who had invested in Virginia lands to go to Virginia and survey 
them. 

During their stay in \'irginia they visited Monticello and 
there met Thomas Jefferson and became very much attached 
to him. On their return to their home in Comiecticut they 
were enthusiastic in their ])raise of Jefferson and the policies 
he advocated. 

When Jefferson was a candidate for the Presidency of the 
United States those sturdy New Englanders traveled through 
their State advocating his election. Afterwards President Jef- 
ferson, in appreciation of the services rendered, appointed Gid- 
eon Gra,nger Postmaster-General in his Calilnet, and Eraslus 



40 Memorial Addresses: Daniel L. D. Granger 

(".ranger was uaiiK-d as the first postmaster of the then \-illa<;e 
of Huffalo, N. V 

Both rendered distinguished services to their country. Eras- 
Ins (".ranger, representing the United vStates, after much negotia- 
tion with tlie famous Indian chief. Red Jacket, of the Iroipiois 
or Six Nations of New York State Indians, succeeded in keep- 
ing' that powerful tribe neutral during the war of 1812. 

Mr. Krastus Granger was for years one of the leading citizens 
of BulTalo, and there are many landmarks to-dav in that citv 
that recall the family name. 

D.wiEL L. D. Grancer's father. Rev. James N. Granger, was 
a clergyman, and settled in Providence, R. I., where our late 
colleague was born in May, 1852. Mr. (".r,\nger graduated 
from Brown rniversit\- in 1874; was admitted to the Rhode 
, Island bar in 1877. He practiced his profession in liis home 
city; was twice elected reading clerk of the Rhode Island house 
of rejiresentatives; was for eleven years after 1890 citv treas- 
urer of Providence, and for two terms elected mavor of that 
city, and when death called him was completing his third term 
as a :\Iembt'r of this body. He was of the old school of New 
England Democracy. 

To know Mr. G.R.wciiR was to love him. He was a man of 
good habits, an exemplary citizen, and lived an upright life. 
He was a conscientious Representative and an able legislator. 

His kind manner endeared him to all, and bv his death this 
House has suffered a great loss. 

It was m\- [jrixilege to be one of the committee appointed bv 
the .Speaker to pay the last tribute of respect to our departed 
colleague. The services were held in St. John's Church, Provi- 
dence, and that magnificent church was filled with mourners, 
including state and city otficials and hundreds of sorrowing 
friends. The burial was at Swan I'oint Cemeterv, where all 
that was earthh' of I).\.\iici. L. D. Gk.\\i;er is laid at rest. 



Address of Mr. Hourird, of Georgia 41 



Address of Mr. Howard, of Georgia 

Mr. Speaker: Daniei- Larxed 1)a\'is Granger was bom in 
the city of Providence, R. I., May 30, 1852, and was a son of 
Rev. Dr. James Nathaniel and Anna Brown (Davis) Granger. 

His father was the pastor of the First Baptist Churc-h in 
Providence, .founded by Roger WilHams, 1638-39. 

He was a lineal descendant of Launcelot Granger, who settled 
in Ipswich, Mass., in 1648, coming from England. 

Capt. Abner Granger, in the fourth generation, served in the 
Re\olution and was with Washington at Vallev Forge. He 
also served in the French and Indian wars. Hrastus Granger, 
in the fifth generation, and grandfather of Mr. Granger, a resi- 
dent of Connecticut, together with his cousin, Gideon Granger, 
were early adherents of Jeffersonian views of public and domestic 
affairs. Connecticut was a strong Federalist State, and these 
two young men stumped the State for Jefferson in 1800. 

Gideon became Postmaster-General, while Erastus was sent 
to Buffalo, N. Y., then a hamlet and Ihe frontier, as Indian 
agent for the Six Nations. He was the last full agent, as vSir 
William Johnson was the first. 

Erastus Granger's most valuable ser\'ice was his influence to 
keep the Six Nations neuOal during the war of 1812. 

News of the declaration of war reached Buffalo June 27, 1812. 
On July 6-8 he held counsel with representatives of the nations 
and entered into a treaty of neutrality. Circumstances forced 
tlie Indians to take up arms. He was commissioned a lieu- 
tenant-oolonel. New York X'olunteers, and commanded Ihese 
Indians in several engagements. 

Janus N. Granger, jr., brother of Daniel, was a lieutenant, 
Second Rhode Island X'olunteers, and served in the civil war. 



42 Memorial Addresses: Daniel L. D. Granger 

On his mother's side he was descended from Roger Williams 
in the ninth generation. His great-grandfather, Daniel Lamed, 
was a captain in the Revolution. His grandfather, Simon 
Davis, jr., was for many years ])ostmaster of Thompson, Conn., 
and pension agent for Revolutionary soldiers and those of the 
war of 1 812. 

Mr. Granger prepared for college in the Providence schools, 
and was graduated from Brown I'niversity in the class of 1874 
with the degree of A. B. He received the degree of master of 
arts from his alma mater in 1902. 

President I'aunce presented the degree in the following terms: 

A. M. — D.^NIEL I..\RNED D.AVis Gr.wger, of 1874, for some time treas- 
urer of the city of Providence, now its chief magistrate. In l)Oth offices 
showing sturdy honesty, unflinching courage, teaching us to hive the city 
more than jjarty, and righteousness more than all. 

Mr. Granckr studied law in the office of Brown & Van Slvck, 
of Providence, and spent two years at the Boston University 
Law School, graduating in 1877. 

He was admitted to the Rhode Island bar in the same year, 
and later to the United States courts. He was twice clerk of 
the Rhode Island house of representatives. In i88y he was 
elected city treasurer of Providence and held that office for 
eleven years. He was mayor of Providence, i 901 and 1902, two 
terms. He was a Member of the Fifty-eighth, F'iftv-ninth, and 
Sixtieth Congresses, and during the last two terms was,a mem- 
ber of the Ways and Means Committee. 

Mr. Granger's nonpolitical activities were wide. He was a 
member of the University Club of Providence, the Manhattan 
Club of New Vork, the Cosmos Club of Washington, and of 
the Psi Upsilon Fraternity of Brown University. 

He was a member of the Rhode Island Historical Society; a 
trustee of the Providence Public Library; for years a member 
of the managing board of the Young Men's Christian Associa- 



Address of My. Hawaii!, of Georgia 43 

tion; former ]3resident of the ChurclunL-n's Club of Pro\i(k'ncc'; 
a member of the standing committee of the Episcopal diocese 
of Rhode Island; a delegate to the Episcopal triennial con- 
vention held in Richmond, \'a., in 1907; a member of llie 
vestrv of St. fohn's Episcopal Church, Providence; tvventv-tive 
vears the su])erintendent of the Sunday school; vice-president 
of the American group of the Interparliamentary Union for 
the Promotion of International Arbitration, and American vice- 
president of the union. 

Mr. Granger died in Washington, I). C, at the Hotel Rich- 
mond, Sunday, February 14, 1909. 

The funeral service was held at vSt. John's Episcopal Church, 
Providence, February 17; the burial in the family lot, Swan 
Point Cemetery, Providence. 

Mr. Gr.wger was unmarried. He is survived by Miss Grace 
Granger, a sister, with whom he lived, and a brother, Dr. Wil- 
liam D. Granger, of Bronxville, X. V. 



44 MLiiiuyial Addresses: Daniel L. D. Granger 



Address of Mr. Chaney, of Indiana 

Mr. Speaker : In this House we come to know each other best 
when we come in contact in committee work. With those who 
meet merely on the House floor we are not so intimate. I did 
not serve with Mr. Gr.axgEr on any committee, and, therefore, 
in the House we knew each other at a distance. He faced me 
from the Democratic side, and being of a quiet nature, not given 
to bombast or display, attracted such attention only as required 
by his duties here. 

It is not, however, by the man whose voice sounds oftenest 
in the House that legislation is framed and ]iassed, but rather 
by the steady hand which works out the details, searches for 
the facts, and builds from the ground. 

The architect of a building is rarely ever the orator who 
paints the ])ieture in eloquence. He is always on hand, but 
his works speak for him. 

On the trip to Panama to see the greatest of the enterprises 
of men, I became really acquainted with ]\Ir. Graxcer. I found 
him to be a genial gentleman, entertaining in conversation, 
worth)' in judgment. 

From his biogra])hy it appears that he was possessed of a 
good education, having graduated from Brown University in 
1874, and admitted to the bar in i 877. He was qualified, there- 
fore, for the active duties of a statesman. 

He was not limited by the routine of the college and the bar, 
however. He was reading clerk of the house of representatives 
of his State, and thereby made acquainted with the forms of 
law. He was acquainted with business also, having been treas- 
urer of his home city for eleven years. He came to Congress, 



Address of Mr. Chancy, of Iinlidiia 45 

thcrt-fore, wilh fitiR'Ss for his duties here. Although a Demo- 
crat and bound by party ties, he yet maintained an independ- 
ence which made his influence felt in this House. He was not 
of the school of pessimism and class discontent. He was 
broad minded and patriotic. 

He is missed in the councils of the Nation, and friends will 
long remember him for his many good (|ualities of head and 
heart. 

I am glad to testify to the esteem in which he was ht-ld bv 
his friends on this side of the Chamber, and to extend to his 
family that consolation which crowns a well-spent life. 



46 Mcinoiiiil Addresses: Daniel L. D. Gra 



nger 



Address of Mr. Cockran, of New York 

Mr. vSpEaker: On the 14th day of Ft-bruarv, 1909, Members 
of Congress approaching the Capitol saw the flag at half-mast 
and thus for the first time were apprised of a great loss that 
had befallen the public ser^dce. D.\Nri:i, I^. D. Graxgkr, a 
Representative in Congress from Rhode Island, died during 
the previous night. His last illness had been long and tedious, 
but he had persisted with such firmness in attempting to con- 
tinue the performance of his duties that few realized the des- 
perate state of his health when he ap])eared in the Comm'ittee 
on Ways and Means during the public hearings ^atelv held on 
the tariff. This iron determination to remain at his post imder 
conditions so ])ainfui tiiat a man of less rugged fiber would have 
considered himself justified in employing all his time and 
thought in efforts to alleviate his physical suffering illustrates 
strikingly tjie scrupulous fidelity to duty which was the dom- 
inant feature f)f his character and which exjilains his long career 
of sell-renunciation, of usefulness, and of lionor. 

It would be profitless to repeat here the account of his life 
and of his ]niblic services, already given in complete and loving 
detail by others among the colleagues who served with him and 
the friends who revere his memorv. 

There is, however, one aspect of his career which, I think, 
deserves special mention for the light it sheds upon the political 
system of which he was an important feature and on the quality 
of the citizenslii]! which he adorned. 

When we recall the length of his public service, the various 
offices he filled in his own vState, as well as in the Nation, and 
the success he achieved in each, the fact that his death has 



Address of Mr. Cockran, of Nciv York 47 

been followed by no evil consequences to the body politic estab- 
lishes conspicuously the excellence of our political system. 
In any other country the death of such a \'aluable public sen.'ant 
must have left a palpable void in the machinery of govern- 
ment. His sudden removal from the popular representative 
body, and from its most important committee, must have 
been followed by some impairment of its efficiency, if not by 
serious disturbance of its operations. The fact that notwith- 
standing his sudden, abrupt removal the efficiency of the House 
remains unimpaired, the current of legislation uninterrupted, 
the stability of government unaffected, prove conclusively that 
to the perfection of our political system no one life is absolutely 
essential. 

While, however, no man is indispensable to the efficiency of 
our (Tovernment, it is nevertheless tjy the virtues and jiatriotic 
activities of all men subject to its authority that its functions 
must be performed, its vigor maintained, its excellence ad- 
vanced. Effective maintenance of such a system is possible 
onlv where civic virtue of the highest order is a common posses- 
sion of its citizens. To have become distinguished in such a 
citizenship establishes higher merit than to have become indis- 
pensable in a community composed of baser elements. Tin- 
extent to which our late colleague achieved this distinction can 
be judged by the spontaneous expressions of regret which his 
death has provoked. The highest praise which a public ser\'ant 
under our system can deserve is that which the unanimous 
voice of his fellows bestows on Daniijl L. D. Gran'ger. He 
took a foremost place in the foremost representative bodv of 
the foremost Nation of the world, and ne proved himself worthy 
of it. To have merited this universal acknowledgment is the 
noblest crown that can reward a useful life of unwearied, un- 
selfish ])ublic service. 

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48 Memorial Addresses: Daniel L. D. Granger 

That he has merited it fully and completely is shown by the 
profound respect in which all his associates, in common with 
the W'hole body of the American people, hold the character he 
established, the high value they place on the virtues he pos- 
sessed, the deep gratitude with which they appreciate the 
scrvaces he rendered, the pride and affection with which they 
treasure the memorv he has left 



PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE 

]\IONDAY, Frbriiayy i 'i, l(/oti. 

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. W. J. 
Browning, its Chief Clerk, communicated to the Senate the in- 
telligence of the death of Hon. Daniel L. D. Granger, late a 
Representative from the State of Rhode Island, and transmitted 
resolutions of the House thereon. 

The message also announced that the Speaker of the House 
had appointed Mr. Capron, of Rhode Island; Mr. Howard, of 
Georgia; Mr. Boutell, of Illinois; Mr. Underwood, of Alabama; 
Mr. Hill, of Connecticut; Mr. Sla>den, of Texas; Mr. Hughes, of 
New Jersev; Mr. Washburn, of Massachusetts; Mr. Williams, of 
Mississippi; Mr. Parsons, of New York; Mr. vSherley.of Kentucky; 
Jlr. Gaines, of Tennessee; Mr. Ryan, of New York; Mr. O'Connell, 
of Massachusetts; and Mr. Marcus A. Smith, of Arizona, members 
of the committee on the part of the House. 

Mr. Aj.drich. Mr. President, I ask that the resolutions just 
received from the House of Representatives be laid before the 
Senate. 

The \'icE-PrESIDEnt. The Chair lays before the Senate reso- 
lutions from the House of Representatives, which will be read. 

The vSecretary read the resolutions, as follows: 

Resolved, That the House has heard with profciund sorrow of the dealli 
of Hon. Daniel L. D. Or.wher, late a Representative from the State of 
Rhode Island. 

Resolved, That a committee of 15 members of the House be appointed 
by the Speaker to take order superintending the funeral of Mr. Gr.^.ngER 
at Providence, R. I., and to attend the same with such Members of the 
Senate as may be appointed by the Senate. 

49 



50 Proceedings in the Senate 

Resolved, That the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House be, and he is hereby, 
authorized and directed to take such steps as may be necessary to carry out 
these resohitions, and that tlie necessary expense in connection therewith 
be paid out of the contingent fund of the House. 

Resolved, That the Clerk comnmnicate these resolutions to the Senate 
and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. 

Resolved, That as, a further mark of respect to the memory of the de- 
ceased the House do now stand in recess until ii o'clock a ni. to-morrow. 

^Ir. Aldrich. Mr. President, I offer resolutions which I send 
to the desk. 

The \'ick-President. The Senator from Rhode Island sub- 
mits resolutions which will be read by the Secretary. 

The Secretary read the resolutions, as follows; 

Resolved, That the Senate I'as heard with profound sorrow the an- 
nouncement of the death of Hon. D.\niel I.. D. Gra.vger, late a Re])re- 
sentatiye from the State of Rhode Island. 

Resolved, That a committee of seven Senators be appointed by tlie 
Presiding OlTicer, to join a committee appointed on the part of the House 
of Representatives, to attend the funeral of the deceased at Providence, 
R. I. 

Resolved, That the Secretary conmiunicale these resolutions to the 
House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to llie family of the 
deceased 

The resohitions were considered by tmanimous consent and 
unanimously agreed to. 

Under the second resolution the \'ice-President appointed 
Mr. Aldrich, Mr. \\'etinore, Mr. Burrows, Mr. Money, Mr. Clarke 
of Arkansas, Mr. Taliaferro, and Mr. Taylor members of the 
connnittee on the jiart of the Senate. 

Mr. Aldrich. "Sir. President, I offer the following additional 
resolution : 

The Vice-President. The resolution will be read by the 
Secretary. 

The Secretary read the resolution, as follows: 

Resolved, That as a further mark of respect ti> the memory of the de- 
ceased the Senate do now adjourn. 

The resolution was considered by tmanimous consent and 
unanimous! v agreed to. 



Pyocecdings in the Senate 51 

Thereupon the Senate (at 6 o'clock and 9 minutes p. ni.) ad- 
journed until to-morrow, Tuesday, I'-ebruary 16, 1909, at 12 
o'clock meridian. 

Wednksday, Fchnmry 24, igoQ. 

Mr. Aldrich. Mr. President, I give notice that on Saturday, 
February 27, I shall ask the Senate to consider resolutions com- 
memorative of the life and character of Hon. Daniel L. D. 
Granger, late a Rejiresentative from the State of Rhode Island. 

S.\TURr)AV, February 27, igog. 

The Senate met at 1 1 o'clock a. m. 

The Chaplain, Rev. Edward E. Hale, offered the following 
prayer: 

Behold, I eome (jnieklr; <iiul )in' rewtird is with me, to give 
every man aeeordinq as his ivork shall he. 

Blessed are they that do His eommandments, that they may 
have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates 
into the eit}\ 

For we knoiv that ij our earthly house oj this tahernaele were 
dissolved, we have a building 0} God, an house not maele ivith 
hands, eternal in the heavens. 

Let us pray. 

Father, Thou hast taught us this by Thy word in all ages 
l)v Thv well-beloved Son. To-day we are to go back in mem- 
ory to those who have served Thee here and are now serving 
Thee in the larger service of that other world. 

() God, be with ns when we interpret history. Re with us, 
Thou, when we look into the future to see what our own duty 
may be in these davs that are before us. Show Thy servants in 
the Congress, show all persons in authority in the Nation, what 
it is to serve the living God and to bring in Thy law for our law, 
Thv rule for our passion. Thy strength for our weakness, and 
Thy love to be with us always, that we may bear each other's 



52 Proceedings in the Senate 

burdens, that we may find the diit\- that comes next our hands, 
that we may enter uito that service which is perfect freedom. 

We ask it as Thine own children. 

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thv name. Thv 
kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 
Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our trespasses as 
we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into 
temptation, but deliver us from evil; for Thine is the kingdom, 
and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. 

Mr. Aldrich. Mr. President, I offer the resolutions which I 
send to the desk. 

The VicePresidkxt. The resolutions will be read bv the 
Secretary. 

The resolutions were read, considered by unanimous consent, 
and unanimously agreed to, as follows: 

Reso/vc'J, That the Senate has heard vvilh profound scjrrow the announce- 
ment of the deatli of the Hon. D.\xiE'_ L. D. Gr.wcer, hite a Representa- 
tive from the State of Rliode Island. 

Rcsohcd, That the business of the Senate be now suspended in order 
that fitting tributes may be paid lo his memory. 

Resolved, That the Secretary conununicate a copy of these resolutions 
to the House of Representatives and to the family of the deceased. 



MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 



Address of Mr. Aldrich, of Rhode Island 

Mr. President: Mr. Granger was born in Providence, R. I., 
in 1852. He was educated in the public schools of Providence 
and graduated from Brown University. He was a lawyer by 
profession, and engaged in active jiractice until i88i>, when he 
was elected city treasurer of the cit\- of Providence. He served 
in that capacity for eleven years, and was a faithful and efficient 
public servant, securing the confidence and support of members 
of both political jiarties. 

In 1900 he was elected mayor of the city of Providence, and 
was reelected in 1901. The success of his administration as 
the chief magistrate of his native city strengthened the esteem 
continuouslv accorded to him by the people of Providence. 

He was elected to the House of Representatives as a Demo- 
crat in 1902, and reelected in 1904 and 1906. For twenty 
years — almost the entire period of his active life — he was 
engaged in the public service. 

The depth and sincerity of the regard with which he was held 
bv a very wide circle of friends and admirers were evidenced by 
the numerous tributes to his memory, made public at the time 
that his death was announced in Providence. 

Mr. Granger was closely affiliated with vSt. John's Episcopal 
Church in Providence, and was one ot its most active and influ- 
ential members. He was vestryman of the church, and for 
twenty-five years preceding his election to Congress was super- 



54 Memorial Addresses: Daniel L. D. Granger 

intendent of its Sunday school. He was frequently a lay mem- 
ber of church conventions. 

I can, perhaps, best illustrate the position held by Mr. 
GRA.NGERin the estimation of representative men of Providence 
by quoting from recent statements made by the Right Rev. 
W. N. McVickar, bishop ot Rhode Island, and Col. R. H. I. 
Goddard, one of Rhode Island's leading citizens. 

Bishop McVickar, in speaking of Mr. Granger's death, said: 

Both church and stale have lost a very valuable man, a man who was 
noted for his high principles and integrity. He was a man whom the 
state and city had delighted to honor. 

Colonel Goddard said ; 

Mr. Gr.wger was a faithfu) city treasurer, an excellent mayor, and an 
able Representative in Congress. His death is a distinct loss to Rhode 
Island, whose interests he served most conscientiously. In his private 
life he was exemplary, and throughout his public career he stood for the 
highest standards of political honor. 

Th^se expressions tairly represent the estimate placed upon 
the character and services of Mr. Gr.\xger by those who knew 
him best and were most closely associated with him in his re- 
ligious and political life. This judgment of those most familiar 
with his successful public career and his many private virtues 
enables us to measure the loss sustained by the people of Rhode 
Island in the death of Mr. Granger. 



Address of Mr. IVetmore, of Rhode Island 55 



Address of Mr. Wetmore, of Rhode Island 

Mr. President: Daniel Larneu Davis Granger was born 
at Providence, R. I., May 30, 1852, and died at Washington 
February 14, 1909. His funeral took place from St. John's 
Protestant Episcopal Church, at Providence, and he was buried 
at Swan Point Cemetery on February 17. 

Mr. Granger was fitted for college in the schools of his native 
city; was graduated from Brown University in the class of 1874, 
from Boston University in 1877, with the degree of I,L. B.; 
was admitted to the bar of Rhode Island the same year, to the 
United States bar in 1882, and for ten years practiced his \)m- 
fession. In 1902 he received the honorary degree of A. M. 
from his alma mater. 

The first of Mr. Granger's family in America, Launcelot 
Granger, was an inhabitant of Ipswich, Mass., as early as 1648, 
and afterwards of Newberry, in the same State. He went to 
SulTield, Conn., in 1674, where the line of descent of Congress- 
man Granger remained until his great-grandfather and grand- 
father removed to Buffalo in 1800 and 1806. 

Capt. Abner Granger, the great-grandfather, was present at 
the battle of Crown Point in 1758 and the taking of Montreal 
in 1760. He took part in the battles about New York, in New 
Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and during the winter of ^777^^77^ 
was at Valley Forge. He was also a participant in the war of 
1812. At his death, in 1816, a Buffalo newspaper described 
him in an obituary notice as a "veteran of three wars." 

Judge Erastus Granger, the grandfather, was appointed by 
Jefferson agent for the Six Nations, and also by him post- 
master, sur\'eyor of the port, and collector of the port of Buf- 
falo, performing the duties of the three last offices by deputy. 
He was also one of the judges of the court of Genesee, super- 



56 Memorial Addresses: Daniel L. D. Granger 

visor of Buffalo, and one of the; founders of St. Paul's Episcopal 
Church, being its first senior warden. As Indian agent he was 
largely instrumental in making a treaty with the Six Nations 
which bound them to neutrality; and afterwards, when they 
openly joined the side of the Americans, he was commissioned 
as lieutenant-colonel of New York \'ohmteers and went to the 
front with them to Canada. 

The Rev. James Nathaniel Granger, D. D., the father, was 
born at Canandaigua, N. Y. In 1828 he received an appoint.- 
ment to the United States Military Academv at West Point, 
but, deciding to become a clergyman, entered the Hamilton 
Literary and Theological Institute, now Colgate Universitv, 
and was graduated from the collegiate department and theo- 
logical school. In 1842 he became pastor of the First Baptist 
Church of Providence, R. I., and was for many years president 
of the Rhode Island Baptist State Convention, president of the 
Rhode Island State Sunday vSchool Union, trustee and fellow 
of Brown University and a member of its executive board. 

Outside of his political activities, Mr. D. L. D. Gr.wger was 
a trustee of the Providence Public Library and a member of 
the" Rhode Island Historical Society. His interest in religious 
matters and the appreciation in which he was held by the 
Protestant Episcopal Church of his State is shown b\- the posi- 
tions he held in that denomination, having been president of 
the Churchman's Club, member of the standing committee of 
the diocese, member of the vestry of St. John's Church, and for 
twenty-five years jireceding his election to Congress superin- 
tendent of its Sundav school. 

Before his election to the United States House of Represen- 
tatives Mr. Gr.vnger was twice reading clerk of the house of 
representatives of Rhode Island, cit\- treasurer of Providence 
for eleven years, from 1890 to 1900, and mayor of Pro\idence 
for two terms, for the years 1900 and 1901. 



Address of Mr. ]]'eimorc, of Rhode Isla)id 57 

Mr. Granger was elected from the first district .of Rhode 
Island to the House of Representatives for the Fifty-eighth, 
Fifty-ninth, and vSixtieth Congresses and defeated last No\'ein- 
ber for the Sixty-llrst Congress. During his service in the 
House of Representatives he was a member of the Committee 
on the Revision of the Laws and the Committee on Ways and 
Means. 

As an evidence of the loyalty of Mr. Gr.xnger's political sup- 
porters I would state that in the Rhode Island election of 1907 
the Democratic candidate for governor was elected by a plu- 
ralitv of over 2,000 votes, and the full Democratic ticket for 
the general assembly from the city of Providence, a ])arl of his 
congressional district, was elected by an average plurality of 
over 3,000 votes. 

At the elections last November, the presidential year, when 
Mr. Taft received a larger plurality than President Roosc\clt in 
1904, the situation described a little above was reversed, and 
the Republican candidate for governor was elected by a plu- 
rality of over 7,000 and the full Republican ticket for the gen- 
eral assembly from the city of Providence was elected by an 
average pluralitv of almost i ,000, and yet Mr. Gr.vnger was 
defeated by only 81 votes. 

For some time past Mr. Gr.^xger's health had been seriously 
affected, and he was obliged during a part of two sessions of 
Congress to go to Florida and the South, the condition of his 
health being api)arently nuich benefited by so doing. Last 
summer, when in England, he had, however, such a severe at- 
tack of the heart that on his return home he was advised by his 
phvsician to take little or no part in the presidential campaign, 
an admonition which he submitted to with rare exceptions. On 
November 7 last he was stricken on his way to Buffalo with 
a much severer similar attack, from which he never recovered 
to any extent. 



58 Mcmoiial Addresses: Daniel L. D. Granger 

On his death the governor of Rhodt- Island, a Republican, 
communicated the following message to the general assembly: 

As chief executive of the Slate it becomes my painful duty to commu- 
nicate officially to you the fact of the death of Hon. Daniel L. D. Granger, 
Member of Congress from the First Congressional District of Rhode Island 
for the term ending March 4, 1901;, which occurred at Washington, D. C, 
on the evening of Sunday, February 14. 

As a lawyer, statesman, and citizen. Congressman Granger held a place 
in the confidence and esteem of the people that it falls to the lot of few 
to attain. In the belief that some fitting recognition of his ser\ice to 
the State should be accorded by its legislative body, I would respectfully 
recommend that on the day of the funeral, Wednesday, February 17, all 
business before the general assembly that does not necessitate immediate 
actitm be suspended for the day. 

.^s a further mark of respect, I have ordered that the flags cm all state 
buildings in Rhode Island be placed at half-mast on the day of the funeral 
from sunrise until the completion of the funeral ceremonies. 

The general assembly of Rhode Island, Republican, by 95 to 

12, under a suspension of the rules, passed by unanimous vote 

of both branches the following resolutions of respect : 

Resolved, That the general assembly, through the message of his excel- 
lency the governor, learns with profound regret of the death of the Hon. 
Daniel L. D. Granger, Member of the Sixtieth Congress for the first 
district of Rhode Island. 

Resolved, That the extended and exalted public services of Mr. Granger 
entitle his memory to the highest respect of the people of the State. 

Resolved, That as a mark of appreciation of Mr. Granger's devotion to 
his ideals of right and his e\'er-faithful performance of duty the general 
asseinblv shall, on Wednesday, the 17th day of February, the day of the 
funeral, adjourn at the earliest practicable hour. 

Resolved, That a committee of tlie general assembly, comprising three 
members of the senate, to be appointed by his excellency the governor, and 
four members of the house of representatives, to be appointed l)y the hon- 
orable speaker, be, and the .same is hereby, created to represent the general 
assemblv at the funeral ceremonies. 

Mr. President, as a further mark of respect to the memory of 
the deceased, I move that the Senate adjourn. 

The motion was unanimously agreed to; and (at 5 o'clock 
and 27 minutes p. m.) the vSenate adjourned until ilonday, 
March i. 1909, at 11 o'clock a. m. 

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